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Bruno Lage: Profiling Wolves’ Manager
Wolves are consistent again this season under new manager Bruno Lage who arrived in the summer from Benfica, replacing his fellow countryman Nuno Espirito Santo who moved on to Tottenham Hotspur. Similar to Espirito Santo, Lage aims to play a hyper-compact system with three central defenders providing a strong foundation and wingbacks who provide…
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Player Analysis: Morgan Gibbs-White
Morgan Gibbs-White has been a standout performer for Sheffield United so far this season, succeeding under the turbulent reign of Slavisa Jokanovic and now looking to be Paul Heckingbottom’s main man with The Blades on the up. This spell with The Blades has arguably reignited the 21-year-old, bursting onto the scene at just 16…
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Téji Savanier: The Motor behind Montpellier
After being forced to sell Andy Delort and Gaëtan Laborde before matchday five of the 21/22 Ligue 1 season, Montpellier fans would have been forgiven for fearing the worst. The pair had scored 51.67% of Montpellier’s goals last campaign, and they’d scored five of the first nine goals of the new season. Thankfully, the…
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Player Analysis: Alphonso Davies
The year is 1999, the month is April. TLC’s “No Scrubs” is blasting through the boomboxes, Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United is marching towards a historic European treble, and the world is preparing to usher in a new century. On April 21, rebel insurgent group Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) began a…
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Robin Gosens’ Rise to Stardom at Atalanta
The 1974 World Cup Final saw West Germany narrowly edge the Netherlands in Munich, with a Die Mannschaft side led by Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller mustering a 2-1 victory at the Olympiastadion and depriving Johan Cruyff’s Oranje of eternal glory. 14 years later, the Netherlands exacted revenge in Hamburg, defeating West Germany in…
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Player Analysis: Hakan Calhanoglu
Footballers switching allegiances in Milan is not a rare event at all. For over a century, there have been players that have left Inter for AC Milan or vice-versa. High-profile moves include the likes of midfielders Clarence Seedorf and Andrea Pirlo moving from the Nerazzurri to the Rossoneri in the 2000s while Inter legend…
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The Demise of FC Barcelona This Season
Without a doubt, one of the biggest football stories anywhere in the world has been the demise of FC Barcelona. In the last year, the club lost Lionel Messi and has essentially fallen apart due to financial constraints. Barcelona has long been associated with the Champions League, but this season, a third-place finish in…
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Unpredictable Magic In, Status Quo Out: The Crazy 2021 in Mexican Football
On Monday of this week, a Ballantine’s harvested in 1954 was just opened in the city of Guadalajara, the second most populated city in Mexico, and certainly the cradle of all Mexican stereotypes – mariachi, tequila, food, women’s beauty and passion from football fans. According to a study published jointly by the Pan American…
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Mohammed Salisu: Southampton’s Latest Young Star
When Southampton sold Jaanik Vestergaard to Leicester in the summer transfer window, fairweather followers of the coastal club would have been apprehensive of who was to replace the great Dane. Internally, however, Southampton were confident in the abilities of their young Ghanaian centre-back, Mohammed Salisu. Their trust has certainly been repaid, with Salisu consistently…
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How to Be a Great Soccer Coach
Do you have a passion for soccer but fear that you’ve missed the boat as a professional player? Fear not, as this doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t forge a successful career within this sport. There are plenty of different routes that you can take to make a living from soccer, one of the most…
